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Key Points ・Massive changes to student loan repayment plan options. ・Student loan borrowing limits are capped for graduate ...

Extreme unfairness erodes trust, discredits markets, and invites rebellion. We are approaching that breaking point. The U.S.

Gov. Josh Stein said the bill could result in more than 500,000 people in NC losing health coverage and leave 1.4 million ...

The 'America' we know and love has lost its freedoms. With the stroke of a pen on July 4 [2025], the U.S. gave up its right ...

Less than a month after the it heard testimony from two women who say Rep. Daniel Grossberg sexually harassed them, the 11-member body is proposing ‘sexual harassment’ be defined as official ...

I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection or dispersion of chemicals into the atmosphere,' said Marjorie Taylor ...

Folk & Traditional Musicians will host Colin Beasley at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 14 in the Meeting Room of the Dale Shaffer ...

The “Big Beautiful Bill” threatens to derail the clean energy transition, slash grid capacity and raise energy costs.

Here's what went down Monday, July 7, 2025 on Beyond the Gates when Chelsea made her choice between Allison and Madison, Naomi reached out and touched someone connected to June's picture, and Smitty t ...

President Donald Trump touted malice for Democrats like Sens. Kelly and Gallego and Reps. Stanton & Ansari and all who didn't ...

Users claimed the Oscar-winning actor filed a lawsuit after U.S. Vice President JD Vance mocked him during a live ...